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Title: Letter Awarding The Silver Star To Michael Snider
Personal Creator: Michael Snider
Description: Letter awarding the Silver Star to Michael Snider. Photo by Michael Snider.
Subjects: soldiers, infantrymen, infantries, Army, letters, Vietnam War, Awards
Local Identifier: 16-3039

Title: A Member of "L" Company During Operation "Bushmaster"
Personal Creator: Uknown
Description: During Operation "Bushmaster," a member of Company "L", (Ranger), 75th Infantry, wearing camouflage makeup sits alone with his thoughts while waiting to participate in an assault mission against North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces in Vietnam in August of 1971.
Subjects: soldiers, Rangers, infantries, battles, camouflage
Local Identifier: 16-3035

Title: The Squadron Worked In Conjunction With Aircraft Of The Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam and United States Forces
Personal Creator: Unknnown
Description: In November 1967 a 9 Squadron Iroquois lands to pick up members of the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) during operation Santa Fe, a grueling three week-long operation through inhospitable country some 23 kilometres from the Task Force Base at Nui Dat. A second RAAF service began in Vietnam on 3 May 1966 when an advance party from No. 9 Squadron arrived at Vung Tau. The squadron’s helicopters arrived on 6 June aboard HMAS Sydney and were flown to Vung Tau that day before moving to Nui Dat at the end of the month. No. 9 Squadron’s helicopters carried out a variety of roles in Vietnam. Most important were the transport of infantry and logistic support, but the helicopters were also used to drop leaflets over enemy territory. Some were also used in aerial spraying to rid the base of mosquitoes and, more aggressively, to kill vegetative growth around the base and to destroy agricultural plots in Viet Cong territory, denying the enemy a source of food. Just two months after the squadron’s arrival in Vietnam, two pilots were called on to drop ammunition to the beleaguered troops of D Company, 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, at Long Tan. Flying in appalling weather at tree-top height; they dropped ammunition to the soldiers on the ground through driving rain and under intense Viet Cong fire. The squadron operated again that night, after the battle, to retrieve the wounded, guided only by the light emanating from the open hatches of armoured personnel carriers. No. 9 Squadron was re-equipped with larger Iroquois helicopters in 1967. Now equipped with 16 helicopters, the squadron worked in conjunction with aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam and United States forces, on the dangerous tasks of transporting men to and from patrols and evacuating wounded soldiers from the battlefield. On some occasions these operations ended with the death of helicopter crewmen and the destruction of the aircraft. The last members of 9 Squadron left Vung Tau on 17 December 1971. Six squadron members were killed on operations, and another man, attached to the squadron from No. 1 Operational Support Unit, was also killed.
Subjects: task forces, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), transport vessels, transport aircraft, infantries, ammunition for small arms, ammunition for artillery, ammunition, soldiers, wounded, armored personnel carriers, battles, Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV), patrol, aircraft, destruction, Iroquois Helicopters, United States Forces, helicopters, Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS)
Local Identifier: 16-4620

Title: Camp Rainier, Army Base in Dau Tieng, Vietnam
Personal Creator: Howard Swede Ware
Description: "Place was probably as you remembered it.....a billion rubber trees, the old plantation house and the big above ground pool. [Viet Cong] blew the shit outa the place in mid 69." Photo and comments by Howard Swede Ware
Subjects: infantries, army bases, battles, Vietnam, Vietnam War, military bases, military buildings
Local Identifier: 16-3697

Title: Sniper Ben Norman Rubber Tree Plantation
Personal Creator: Ben Norman
Description: Vietnam Sniper - George "Ben" Norman in a rubber tree plantation in Vietnam: "I haven't shaved in 3 weeks, had a shower or a change of clothes. I smell so bad the flies won't land on me. Every scratch and mosquito bite is infected and I have ring worm everywhere my ruck sack and clothes rub my body. I have leeches attached to my skin, dysentery and I have had to brush mosquitoes off muddy bomb craters to re-fill my canteens for drinking water. I am truly a "mad dog animal at this point", ready to kill! Before I arrived in Vietnam I weighed between 165-170 lbs... after returning from the field I weighed 138lbs! 25th Infantry Division 1970-1971. Whatever conflict or war you may have served in, the average citizen has no idea what an infantry soldier truly has to endure!!! This is why the infantry brotherhood is so strong because... we know! Photo by Ben Norman.
Subjects: rubber, plantations, infantrymen, infantries, Vietnam War, soldiers
Local Identifier: 16-2987

Title: Combat Ration Packs and Ammunition Laid Out for 5RAR Infantrymen
Personal Creator: Carole Talty
Description: ‘C’ packs and ammunition laid out ready for 5RAR infantrymen about to begin an operation, 1970. Photo by Carole Talty. Vietnam Veteran comments: "We had a mixture of Australian and American C [Combat] rations. We preferred the American for the greater variety… in the Australian packs we would keep the tins. There were two tins. One for morning, one for evening and ‘dog biscuits’ for lunch. A tin of margarine, a roll of toilet paper, which was like greaseproof paper and no bloody good anyway. Box of matches, sachets of sugar, a tube of condensed milk, tea bags… sachets of coffee, a packet of rice and that was it, but we’d keep the two tins, condensed milk, tube of jam. Oh a bar of chocolate. Yeah, keep that. A packet of lollies as well, we’d keep them. Jam, rice, and that was about right. The cereal box and the dog biscuits. Stuff them. Throw that away. Get rid of all the extraneous crap and just keep what you need."
Subjects: infantries, supplies, rations, soldiers
Local Identifier: 16-4577

Title: Sergeant Tom Birnie (right), with Unidentified Soldier on Patrol.
Personal Creator: Unknown
Description: Sergeant Tom Birnie (right), Platoon Sergeant of 4 Platoon, D Company, 2RAR and an unidentified soldier on patrol during Operation Coburg, Bien Hoa, January 1968. Sgt Birnie served in Vietnam for a second time with 2 RAR in 1970-71 and was accidentally shot by a sentry while re-entering his own platoon area after a reconnaissance patrol. He died of his wounds at 1 Australian Field Hospital on 25 March 1971.
Subjects: patrol, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), Australian Army, infantries, battalions
Local Identifier: 16-4408

Title: Charlie Company 1st Battalion Sign
Personal Creator: John Clarke
Description: Charlie Company 1st Battalion 503D (Airborne) Infantry sign and unidentified soldiers. Photo by John Clarke.
Subjects: soldiers, signs, infantries, battalions, Airborne Brigade, military bases
Local Identifier: 16-3574

Title: Fire Support Base
Personal Creator: Unknown
Description: As the words ‘Fire Support Base’ imply, artillery was central to operations at Coral and Balmoral. Although the guns played a defensive role during North Vietnamese attacks on both bases, their main purpose was to protect infantry patrolling outside the wire. In an indication of the volume of fire provided by the guns, these shells constitute a resupply for 102 Field Battery at Coral.
Subjects: artillery, infantries, shelling (artillery projectiles)
Local Identifier: 16-4413

Title: David Raygor in Quang Tri
Personal Creator: David Raygor
Description: David Raygor in Quang Tri, Vietnam. 1968. 1/5 infantry (mech). "It was a scary place when you land in Dong Ha and they tell you to jump off the plane because they weren't going to stop and they took off again." -Vietnam Veteran. Photo by David Raygor.
Subjects: soldiers, military camps, infantries
Local Identifier: 16-3409

Title: Red Devil Brigade Sign
Personal Creator: David Raygor
Description: Sign for the Red Devil Brigade. "1st Infantry Brigade 5th Infantry Division Mech" Photo by David Raygor.
Subjects: signage, signs, brigades, military bases, infantries
Local Identifier: 16-3413

Title: Soldier in the 101st Airborne Division
Personal Creator: Ruben Yzaguirre
Description: Recon 1/502 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam 1969-70. Photo by Ruben Yzaguirre The 502nd Infantry Regiment (502nd INF), previously titled the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (502nd PIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment was established shortly after the American entry into World War II, and was assigned as a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, "The Screaming Eagles", one of the most decorated formations of the U.S. Army. The regiment saw substantial action in the European Theater of World War II and was deactivated in 1945, shortly after the end of the war. Reactivating in a new form in 1956, the 502nd Infantry has served in the Vietnam War, the first Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. It was removed from parachute status with the rest of the 101st Airborne Division in 1969, and since 1974, the regiment has been classified as an Air Assault unit. Currently, its 1st and 2nd battalions are active. Both battalions are assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 2nd Battalion served almost seven years in the Republic of Vietnam. 1st Battalion did five years. Fighting scattered actions under two different brigade headquarters from the Mekong River delta in the south to the DMZ up north, they earned 27 campaign streamers, six American, and eight Vietnamese unit citations between them, including two Presidential Unit Citations earned by 2nd Battalion for An Khe and Dak To. 1/502 fought in the A Shau Valley and the Rescue of Dustoff 65. Three 2nd Battalion soldiers earned the Medal of Honor. Specialist Dale E. Wayrynen, Private First Class Milton A. Lee, and Corporal Frank R. Fratellenico all have Fort Campbell landmarks named for them. In December 1971, after having drawn down in country, the 101st began returning home to Fort Campbell.
Subjects: studio portraits, infantries, infantrymen, soldiers, Vietnam War, Airborne Brigade, Army, U.S. Military, military uniforms, military deployment, battalions
Local Identifier: 16-3683

Title: 25th Infantry Division Camp Frenzell
Personal Creator: Ben Norman
Description: Vietnam in 1971 at Camp Frenzell - Jones of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion 22nd Infantry, Recon. Company E. Ben Norman directly under the guy's right hand that is holding the flag, 4 rows up 8th man from the right. Sniper Mario Vasquez is the 6th man from the right on the last row. Photo by Ben Norman.
Subjects: photographs, group portraits, infantries, troops, soldiers, military camps
Local Identifier: 16-2954

Title: 25th Infantry Division Guard and Dog on Perimeter Duty
Personal Creator: Dick Swanson
Description: 25th Infantry Division guard and dog on perimeter duty, 1967. Photo by Dick Swanson.
Subjects: infantrymen, infantries, guards, dogs
Local Identifier: 16-4745

Title: "No Slack" 2nd Battalion 327th Infantry Sign
Personal Creator: David Wayne
Description: "No Slack" 2nd Battalion 327th Infantry sign. Photo by David Wayne
Subjects: signs, signage, battalions, infantries
Local Identifier: 16-3565

Title: Calvin Dunckle At The Airborne Ranger Building
Personal Creator: David Weeks II
Description: Calvin Dunckle with Airborne Ranger, 75th Infantry sign and building, 1970. Passed on.Photo by David Weeks II.
Subjects: soldiers, military vehicles, Rangers, infantries, military buildings
Local Identifier: 16-3432

Title: 1st Battalion 502d Infantry Yearbook Cover
Personal Creator: Ruben Yzaguirre
Description: 1/502 Battalion yearbook cover. Photo by Ruben Yzaguirre, Recon 1/502 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam 1969-70.
Subjects: battalions, infantries, yearbooks, Airborne Brigade
Local Identifier: 16-3757

Title: Soldiers Engaged in Rest & Relaxation, 1st Platoon "The Pioneers"
Personal Creator: Steve Sullens
Description: Soldiers engaged in R&R. Photographer unsure of all individuals but possibly: Joe Pittman, Johnny Martinez and Raymond Delgado are present. Photo by Steve Sullens, 11B 1970 -1971 1st Platoon "The Pioneers" 1st Battalion, 11th Inf. Regiment, 1st Brigade, 5th Inf. Div. (mech). Quang Tri Province, RVN. Photo repaired by Dan Fox
Subjects: pioneers, battalions, brigades, infantrymen, infantries, divisions, rest and recreation (R&R), soldiers, group portraits
Local Identifier: 16-2912

Title: 25th Infantry Division Band
Personal Creator: Roger McGill
Description: These were 25th Inf Division soldier's playing from the Division Band at the USO Show (United Service Organizations Inc.). 3/4 Cavalry Vietnam, Cu Chi, 1966. Photo by Roger McGill.
Subjects: soldiers, USO Show (United Service Organizations Inc.), infantries, entertainment events, bands
Local Identifier: 16-2475

Title: Soldier Cools Off in a Stream in the Mekong Delta Whilst Cleaning His Weapon
Personal Creator: Unknown
Description: A U.S. 9th Infantry Division soldier of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, takes advantage of a stream in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam to cool off while cleaning his weapon in June 1969 during the Vietnam War.
Subjects: weapons, guns, infantrymen, infantries, deltas, rivers
Local Identifier: 16-2841

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